Akulon® K224-HG0

50% Glass Reinforced, Heat Stabilized

General Information

Akulon® is our family of high performance polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 materials, used by customers across the world in applications ranging from automotive, electronics & electrical, to furniture and packaging.
We offer Akulon® grades for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion (including barrier film, stock shapes, convoluted tubes, and mono and multi filament).
In molded parts the material offers an excellent balance of easy design and processing with outstanding mechanical properties over a wide temperature range and in diverse conditions. Meanwhile for extrusion the strength, resilience and easy processing of Akulon® sets the market standards.
Special features
Regulatory Affairs
Processing technology
Injection Molding
Automotive OEM
FIAT CHRYSLER, MERCEDES, VW
OEM Specification
DBL 5416.90 (2011-02)
FCA-MS50017(MS-DB-41)-CPN4547-(2017-02)
VW50125-PA6-10
VW50134-PA6-10A
VW50180 (2019-04)
Applications

Rheological properties

Molding shrinkage (parallel)
0.3
%
Molding shrinkage (normal)
1.2
%

Mechanical properties

Tensile modulus
16000
MPa
Stress at break
230
MPa
Strain at break
3
%
Flexural modulus
16000
MPa
Flexural strength
360
MPa
Charpy impact strength (+23°C)
100
kJ/m²
Charpy impact strength (-30°C)
85
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (+23°C)
22
kJ/m²
Charpy notched impact strength (-30°C)
15
kJ/m²

Thermal properties

Melting temperature (10°C/min)
220
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (1.80 MPa)
210
°C
Temp. of deflection under load (0.45 MPa)
220
°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (parallel)
0.1
E-4/°C
Coeff. of linear therm. expansion (normal)
0.5
E-4/°C
Burning Behav. at 1.5 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
1.5
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Burning Behav. at 3.0 mm nom. thickn.
HB
class
Thickness tested
3
mm
UL recognition
Yes
-
Glow Wire Flammability Index GWFI
700
°C
GWFI (Thickness (1) tested)
2
mm
Glow Wire Flammability Index GWFI
700
°C
GWFI (Thickness (2) tested)
1.5
mm
Glow Wire Ignition Temperature GWIT
725
°C
GWIT (Thickness (1) tested)
2
mm
Glow Wire Ignition Temperature GWIT
725
°C
GWIT (Thickness (2) tested)
1.5
mm

Electrical properties

Relative permittivity (100Hz)
5.5
-
Relative permittivity (1 MHz)
4.5
-
Relative permittivity (1GHz)
4.1
-
Relative permittivity (5GHz)
4
-
Dissipation factor (100 Hz)
360
E-4
Dissipation factor (1 MHz)
270
E-4
Dissipation factor (1GHz)
127
E-4
Dissipation factor (5GHz)
116
E-4
Volume resistivity
1E13
Ohm*m
Surface resistivity
Ohm
Electric strength
35
kV/mm
Comparative tracking index
600
V

Other properties

Water absorption
4.5
%
Humidity absorption
1.4
%
Density
1560
kg/m³

Rheological calculation properties

Density of melt
1380
kg/m³
Thermal conductivity of melt
0.37
W/(m K)
Spec. heat capacity melt
1900
J/(kg K)
Eff. thermal diffusivity
1.41E-7
m²/s

Diagrams

Applications

Timing drive systems

Industry
Automotive
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